There is another thread going on that started to get into this, but I thought it deserves its own space.
Moodle doesn't have its own audio/video capture capability. For content creation and for language classes these are pretty much necessary. The current thinking is that since no recorder really covers all the bases, it is best to rely on plugins and let people choose the one that at least covers their bases. I basically agree with this. With Java applets insecure and basically dead, Flash only covering desktops, and HTML5 recording not up to speed , the landscape is changing and its a bad time to pick winners.
However there is still a lot we can do to shore moodle up. Basically I think Moodle needs to have a central media capture API that is called on from other areas of Moodle. So when Paul Daniels wants to add a recorder to his VideoBoard mod, he should just be able to call on Moodle's video capture api. Similarly the PoodLL audio recording assignment, would also be able to call on Moodle's audio capture api, and get a recorder back that is Moodle aware. As for the recorders themselves, Moodle might provide a base range of recorders, but should allow hooks for other recorders that implement the required API's, to be registered centrally.